Casamance River

The Casamance River in flows westward for the most part into the Atlantic Ocean along a path about 200 miles in length. However, only 80 miles are navigable.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Senegal
  • Also known as: “Casamance Fleuve”, “Kasamanze River”, and “Rio Casamanza”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diogue and Nikine.

Hamlet
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diogué is a village and an island in the rural…

Village
is a village in Kabrousse, …

Village
Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Karabane, is an island and… is situated 6 km east of Casamance River.

Casamance River

Latitude
12.55611° or 12° 33′ 22″ north
Longitude
-16.75917° or 16° 45′ 33″ west
Open location code
7C45H64R+C8
Geo­Names ID
2253434
Wiki­data ID
Q255093
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Casamance River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Casamancerivier”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Casamance”
  • Basque: “Casamance ibaia”
  • Basque: “Casamance”
  • Belarusian: “Казаманс”
  • Breton: “Stêr Casamance”
  • Catalan: “riu Casamance”
  • Catalan: “Riu Casamance”
  • Cebuano: “Casamance”
  • Chinese: “卡薩芒斯河”
  • Danish: “Casamance (flod)”
  • Danish: “Casamance”
  • Dutch: “Casamance”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero Casamance”
  • Finnish: “Casamance”
  • French: “Casamance”
  • German: “Casamance”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Casamance River”
  • Hausa: “Kogin Casamance”
  • Hebrew: “קאסאמנס”
  • Hungarian: “Casamance”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Casamance”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Casamance”
  • Italian: “Casamance”
  • Japanese: “カザマンス川”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umugezi wa Casamance”
  • Korean: “카자망스강”
  • Lithuanian: “Kasamansas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kazamansas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Casamance”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Casamance-elva”
  • Persian: “رود کازامانس”
  • Polish: “Casamance”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Casamansa”
  • Romanian: “Râul Casamance”
  • Russian: “Казаманс”
  • Slovenian: “Casamance”
  • Somali: “Webiga Casamance”
  • Spanish: “Río Casamanza”
  • Swedish: “Casamance”
  • Tswana: “Noka ya Casamance”
  • Ukrainian: “Казаманс”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Casamanza”
  • Welsh: “Afon Casamance”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Yamatoyène and Ouloum.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pointe de Nikine and Pointe de Djogué.

Senegal: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Dakar and Saint-Louis.

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